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Saturday December 13, 2008 Yoga for Athletes with Sage Rountree 
Tightness in the hips, hamstrings, and around joints hampers fluid motion and interferes with every activity. Over time, inflexibility invites overuse injury, often in the form of IT band syndrome, sciatica, patellar tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, or shin splints and stress fractures. Yoga can help you avoid injury while building flexibility, strength, and balance. In addition, yoga’s emphasis on form and breath will translate to increased efficiency and focus in your sport and your life. In this workshop appropriate for all levels of yoga and athletic experience, we’ll learn poses to increase flexibility, especially in the hips and hamstrings. We’ll spend some time cultivating sport-specific core strength and playing with balance, and we’ll examine yoga as mental training, learning how incorporating this ancient approach can make us better athletes. Practicing the poses and techniques you’ll learn in this session for as little as five minutes following your workouts will increase your flexibility, core strength, stability, and physical and mental endurance, while lowering your recovery time and risk of injury. Sage Rountree  Sage Rountree, PhD, a Registered Yoga Teacher and USA Triathlon and USA Cycling certified coach, is author of The Athlete’s Guide to Yoga (VeloPress, 2008) and a contributor to Runner’s World. Her practical, straightforward teaching style combines heating and cooling approaches to poses. Sage’s podcast of post-workout stretching routines is available at sagerountree.com. She trains, teaches, and coaches in Chapel Hill, NC.
Time and Cost
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Yoga One Wellness, 1111 Central Ave, Suite 100, Charlotte, NC p. 704.332.9911 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
